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"The Green Paper clearly states that renewable energies need aid and support at the moment, as was the case some time ago with coal or nuclear energies, for instance. At the moment, renewable energies need backing and to be given a similar level of support, at least – and I think they need even more. In other words, I fully agree with you, and I say so plainly in the Green Paper.
Secondly, waste as such is not renewable energy. Waste incineration by itself cannot be a renewable energy. But in the case of the appropriate incineration of waste from renewable organic components, then yes, we are in the field of renewable energy. You know that this was the subject of a debate in this Parliament and also that, in the end, a compromise was reached by which we agreed to accept a particular type of waste in certain respects and under certain conditions. But if you just say waste and that is all, then I will say no. Only waste considered in a particular way and, of course, specified and selected.
With regard to Mr Lamoureux’s statements, he says what the Treaty states, and, of course, the decision to set up a nuclear power plant or not or to opt out is up to the Member States; it is not up to the Commission and neither is it a Community decision. It is the Member States that take their own decisions according to their own options, within the general framework, of course, which does not mean that I do not believe we should think carefully about it, because I believe Europe needs a common energy policy."@en1
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